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RE: Simplify

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg32020] RE: [mg32007] Simplify
• From: "Florian Jaccard" <jaccardf at eicn.ch>
• Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 04:28:54 -0500 (EST)
• Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

The problem is that a and b may be negative or complex...
If you want a and b to be positive and real, you can use
PowerExpand[(a^b)^(1/b)], but you have to bee sure that you may do it !

The second is undersood as a^(b^(1/b)) and is not equal a !

Meilleures salutations

Florian Jaccard
e-mail : jaccardf at eicn.ch


-----Message d'origine-----
De : Matthias.Bode at oppenheim.de [mailto:Matthias.Bode at oppenheim.de]
Envoyé : mar., 18. décembre 2001 08:34
À : mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
Objet : [mg32007] Simplify


Dear Colleagues,

why should I not expect MATHEMATICA to (Full)Simplify

(a^b)^(1/b) or a^b^(1/b) to a?

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Matthias Bode
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